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10 Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown[a] into prison so you may be tested,[b] and you will experience suffering[c] for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 2:10 tn Grk “is about to throw some of you,” but the force is causative in context.
  2. Revelation 2:10 tn Or “tempted.”
  3. Revelation 2:10 tn Or “experience persecution,” “will be in distress” (see L&N 22.2).
  4. Revelation 2:10 tn Grk “crown of life,” with the genitive “of life” (τῆς ζωῆς, tēs zōēs) functioning in apposition to “crown” (στέφανον, stephanon): “the crown that consists of life.”